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Two Atlantic division rivals face off on the ice Thursday when the Toronto Maple Leafs (5-3-1, 11 points, T-4th Atlantic) pay a visit to TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins (8-0-1, 17 points, 1st Atlantic) Toronto was defeated by the LA Kings 4-1 on Tuesday night and has lost each of its last two. Boston defeated the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Monday for their second consecutive victory. Boston has the most points in the Eastern Conference and trails only Vegas by two points for the most points in the NHL. Toronto will play without G Matt Murray, D Jake Muzzin and D Conor Timmins. Boston will play without D Matt Grzelcyk, D Charlie McAvoy, C Jakub Lauko and LW Milan Lucic.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs are 17th in goals against at 3.11 goals per game. Toronto is allowing an average of 29.2 shots per game which is 9th in the NHL, while the Maple Leafs have a very poor penalty kill unit that is holding opponents scoreless 74.2% of the time when Toronto is short-handed which is 26th. Toronto uses a rotating system of goalies. Ilya Samsonov is 2-1-1 with a 3.99 goals against average and .841 save percentage, while Joseph Woll is 3-2-0 with a 1.89 goals against average and .942 save percentage. Samsonov is considered the No. 1 goalie, but Woll is close to taking over that spot.
Toronto is playing well on attack, as the Maple Leafs are scoring an average of 3.22 goals per game, which is 13th. Toronto is averaging 33.2 shots per game, which is sixth most in the NHL and has the fifth best power play, sc oring 31.2% of the time the Maple Leafs have the man advantage which has resulted in 10 goals in 32 power plays. Auston Matthews is leading Toronto in goals scored with seven but six of those came in the first two games of the season. William Nylander is second in goals scored with six and is the co-leader with John Tavares in assists with seven each. Nylander is the leader in points with 13, while Tavares is second with 12.
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